Friday, October 10, 2008

Indian Submissions for Oscars

The Indian Government appoints a committee to choose the best movie released that year, which is sent as India's official entry to the Oscars for a nomination for Best Foreign Film the following year.

There are totaly 35 movies chosen for this nomination in varies time periods from varies languages across India, among which there are 8 Tamil movies which have been chosen for this nomination. Check them :

Year - Movie - Director

1969 - Deivamagan - Kiran Kumar Chenna
1987 - Nayagan - Mani Ratnam
1990 - Anjali - Mani Ratnam
1992 - Thevar Magan - Bharathan
1995 - Kurudhipunal - P.C. Sreeram
1996 - Indian - Shankar
1998 - Jeans - Shankar
2000 - Hey Ram - Kamal Haasan

Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film


Kamal Haasan's involvement in the above movies:

As Actor - in 5 movies.
As Story writer - in 3 movies.
As Script writer - in 3 movies.
As Director - in 1 movie.

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